The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says two towers along its 330Kilo Volt (KV) Shiroro–Kaduna transmission lines 1 and 2, have been damaged by suspected vandals. Mrs Ndidi Mbah, TCN’S General Manager, Public Affairs, said this in a statement in Abuja on Friday. Mbah said reports from the Shiroro...
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The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has announced that efforts to fully recover the national grid are almost complete following a partial disturbance on Monday. The disturbance occurred at approximately 6:48 p.m., prompting immediate recovery efforts. Mrs Ndidi Mbah, TCN’s General Manager of Public Affairs, in a statement on...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) on Monday said its tower T372, along Gombe -Damaturu-Maiduguri 330 Kilovolt (kV) transmission line was brought down by vandals on Saturday at about 1:44am. The company’s General Manager Public Affairs, Mrs Ndidi Mbah, said this in a statement...
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), says it plans to procure a spinning reserve to maintain the national grid frequency within specified limits. The Managing Director of TCN, Mr Sule Abdulaziz said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Sunday. He said...
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has urged stakeholders to collaborate in curbing the persistent vandalism and illegal encroachments within the transmission ‘Right of Way’. The General Manager of TCN’s Kaduna Region, Mr Ganiyu Aliyu, represented by the Assistant General Manager of Technical Services, Mr Abubakar Usman, made this...
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) said on Thursday that vandals destroyed 13 towers on the Ahoada-Yenagoa 132kV Double Circuit transmission line. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that TCN towers T97 to T99 were destroyed by vandals on July 29. Mrs Ndidi Mbah, TCN’s General...
The Transmission Company of Nigeria(TCN) has said the Nigeria Policepolo apprehended vandals in a blue pick-up van loaded with tower cables. TCN’S General Manager, Public Affairs, Mrs Ndidi Mbah, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. Mbah said that the items were allegedly stolen from transmission...
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), on Tuesday, said that power supply has been restored to areas affected by arcing on the Benin-Egbin 330 Kilo Volt (kV) isolator at about 6:10pm on Monday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that arcing is an electrical discharge that occurs...
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has said two transmission towers, T98 and T99 along the Ahoada/Yenagoa 132kV line in the Igbooghene community of Bayelsa were destroyed by vandals. TCN’s General Manager Public Affairs Mrs Ndidi Mbah, made this known in a statement in Abuja on Friday. Mbah...
The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) has been suspended by the Market Operator (MO) of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), for not complying with provisions of the market rules. Market Operator, TCN, Mr Ali Ahmad, said in Abuja on Friday that the notice of the suspension was...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has said the national grid was restored at about 9.57 p.m. on Saturday after a partial collapse. TCN’s General Manager, Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah in a statement in Abuja on Sunday, said there was a partial disturbance of...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Kaduna State Police Command has arrested four suspected vandals who were caught destroying transmission towers installed in some parts of the state. The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), General Manager, Public Affairs, Mrs Ndidi Mbah, confirmed this in a statement issued in Abuja on...
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has suspended the planned power outage on Osogbo/Akure and Ado-Ekiti 132KV lines. The outage was earlier scheduled for two months according to the Benin Electricity Plc (BEDC) Evelyn Gbiwen, Head, Branding and Corporate Communications, BEDC, who said this in a statement on...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Transmission Company of Nigeria, (TCN), has said two of its towers, T193 and T194, along the Damaturu -Maiduguri 330 Kilo Volt (KV Single Circuit) transmission line have again been destroyed by vandals. TCN’S General Manager Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah, said this in a...
As organised labour and workers anxiously await an update on the minimum wage struggle, reactions have continued to trail the shutdown of the national grid by the unions during the two-day nationwide strike. The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) initiated an indefinite strike...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), has completed the rehabilitation and re-stringing of the four vandalised towers along the Jos–Gombe 330 Kilo Volt (kV) transmission line. TCN’s General Manager, Public Affairs, Mrs Ndidi Mbah, in a statement on Tuesday, said that the towers supplied...
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says the “labour union has shut down” the national grid, resulting in a blackout nationwide. The national grid shut down occured at about 2.19 am on 3rd June 2024. Recall that a last minute attempt by National Assembly leadership to stop the protest...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Transmission Company of Nigeria( (TCN), has said its tower T290, one of the four new towers erected by its contractors along the Jos – Gombe 330 Kilo Volt (kV} transmission line, collapsed during the cable stringing process. TCN’S General Manager, Public Affairs, Mrs...
The Senate has passed a resolution urging the Federal Government to allocate funds to the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), to enable it to restore power to the Jos-Gombe 330KV transmission line. The followed the adoption of a motion by Sen. Haruna Manu (PDP-Taraba) and co- sponsored by...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has reassured the North East Governors Forum (NEGF), that it is doing everything possible to restore power supply to the region by May 27. TCN General Manager, Public Affairs, Mrs Ndidi Mbah, said this in a statement in...